david.gordon wrote: > I've not been here for a while, humour me if this has just been done to > death but there's no archive... > > Need to replace a Polaroid SS4000. Googling around I see many people > complain that the Minolta 5400 produces fine lines it some scans, > sometimes, with some software. They look very much to me like a dud pixel > in the CCD - a one pixel wide line running the length of the scan. > Usually seen in darker areas. Many people report the exact same trouble > and show images with the same lines. > > Maybe this is fixed in a firmware update, maybe not. Who can tell me more? > > From what I've read (on other lists, in other places) this is a scanner > to avoid. >
FWIW, I have this scanner and have seen none of this problem. I use the accompanying Minolta software and Vuescan. YMMV, obviously. Haakon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
